This little indie platformer has some seriously satisfying movement

Followers of easy motion be suggested: Schmoovement has been present in new indie launch Pseudoregalia, which hit Steam Friday the twenty eighth from developer rittzler. It is an exploration-focused Metroidvania platformer that begins easy with little jumps and develops quite a lot of cool motion synergy as you unlock new skills.

It additionally has a chunky, low-poly, retro-inspired vibe, in case you’re into that sort of factor.

The straightforward story revolves round Sybil, who finds herself pulled right into a distorted and unusual citadel “deep throughout the realm of sleep.” It is a technically-competent surrealist panorama to platform round, and frames the complete sport fairly properly, as a result of the actual focus right here is on platforming and exploring in a method unencumbered by necessities that you just do issues in correct order or “correctly” in any respect.

As you discover you acquire new powers. What begins with jumps beneficial properties powered lengthy jumps, wall jumps, dashes, and slides alongside wall surfaces, to call only a few. It is a sport that delightfully enables you to use your abilities to resolve platforming challenges in a wide range of methods, not caring a lot in case you handle to cleverly break what appears to be the supposed sequence.

That in all probability will assist it’s a decently replayable sport, in addition, because it’s solely about  2-4 hours lengthy. (4 hours for me as a result of I take my time and am not the perfect at platforming however I take pleasure in it, so go away me alone okay.) 

Steam critiques for Pseudoregalia are very optimistic, with a 97% thumbs-up score on 394 Steam critiques. Many of the unfavourable critiques point out the dearth of a map, which I discover shocking as a result of I ain’t want no map.

You will discover Pseudoregalia on Steam for $6. You will discover extra video games, largely prototypes, by developer rittzler on itch.io.

Pseudoregalia is developer rittzler’s first Steam launch, with their earlier works being largely sport jams on itch. Their subsequent undertaking is Electrokinetic, a “roguelike 3D platformer the place you construct your personal moveset as you play.” With Pseudoregalia as a proof of idea, I will be eyeing that with anticipation.